In thinking about the 2010 Election for United States Senate suppose you had a choice between Republican Arlen Specter and Democrat Chris Matthews. If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Arlen Specter or Democrat Chris Matthews?

Good news for Specter from that Rasmussen poll - 68% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of him. Sure it should be higher for a Republican Senator but that rating surely isn't weak. The problem for him is that only 70% of Republicans said they'd vote for him in the General.

I can see that Specter is getting huge swaths of the (D) vote (a must since registration has changed lately), but who will those (R)'s end up voting for? Surely not Matthews

I'm one of these Republicans caught in a really tough spot. It's pretty funny. I really never want to vote for Specter. I've even said that in a Specter vs. Schwartz matchup, I'd still write in someone.

I love saying that I'd consider voting for Matthews. When push comes to shove, I won't do it. There really is no way that I could. I'd either write in or...don't make me say it...

I think my latter option is what most of these undecided Republicans would do as well.

This is closer than I thought it'd be... Specter's age is probably hurting him. Still, he's one of the few moderate Republicans left and one of the few northeast Republican Senators left so I wouldn't exactly be ecstatic about Dems taking him out.

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By the way, it looks like Specter has already tried to keep us conservatives happy. My Mom got a mailer today about drilling and it provided a quote for Specter and his desire to open drilling in ANWR. Kind of funny since I'm about 90% sure he opposed that before.

I can see that Specter is getting huge swaths of the (D) vote (a must since registration has changed lately), but who will those (R)'s end up voting for? Surely not Matthews

I'm one of these Republicans caught in a really tough spot. It's pretty funny. I really never want to vote for Specter. I've even said that in a Specter vs. Schwartz matchup, I'd still write in someone.

I love saying that I'd consider voting for Matthews. When push comes to shove, I won't do it. There really is no way that I could. I'd either write in or...don't make me say it...

I think my latter option is what most of these undecided Republicans would do as well.

If I managed to vote for Hillary in '06, you can bring yourself to vote for Specter in '10, Phil.

I cannot with a straight face buy a poll that suggests that Chris Matthews can almost out name rec. Arlen Specter. That guy is the king of name rec. I don't care how blue PA trends, if the best we can do is Matthews, then its gonna be up to the Republicans to knock off Specter. or cancer

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